The Review: Can We Please Stop Saying ‘Oscar’ Now

Sorry I didn’t review the Academy Awards directly afterwards, I’ve just watched a delayed feed through Al Jazeera. It’s a complicated setup, but this isn’t a tech column.

Not sure why Seth MacFarlane’s hosting skills got online-heckled, he was fine and only on for ten minutes alongside Mark Wahlberg. Seth MacFarlane is that talking bear in a tuxedo, right?

Johnny Knoxville really cleaned up and learned to sing, and was quite impressive as the main host – albeit a bit stilted at times. It difficult to read the teleprompter with all that free Moet backstage.

In some ways, this year’s Oscars snubbed the Grammys and Emmys – with all that singing and musical theatre going on. As if saying, ‘We get $150 million budgets for movies, but we’ll also do your stuff because it’s easy.’Mrs. Obama announcing winners from the White House would’ve been better if she’d sent the winner’s letter taped to a drone, and had it flown into the theatre. (Directed by Michael Bay.)

Seth said he won’t host again. Perhaps they should use Daniel Day-Lewis next time – he’s going to be there anyway. (Nominated in Best Actor and Actress category for playing Maggie Thatcher in a sequel to The Iron Lady. Working title: Iron Lady 2: Ruling Britannia)

Most of my predictions were correct I’m sure; I don’t have time to re-read them. Full disclosure: I only saw Silver Linings Playbook in preparation for this year, and Hugo from 2012. Next year will be better.

In the meantime, let’s put an embargo on the word ‘Oscar’ – it’s overused. Can we refer to it as the ‘O’ word?